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PI92868: LIBERTY Z/OS CRASH IN CICS BBOATRUE DURING SHUTDOWN WHEN EMBEDDED LIBERTY SERVERS ARE AT MIX OF 16.0.0.3 & 17.0.0.3

Fixes are available

18.0.0.1: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.1
18.0.0.2: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.2
18.0.0.3: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.3
18.0.0.4: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.4
19.0.0.1: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.1
19.0.0.2: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.2
19.0.0.3: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.3
19.0.0.4: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.4
19.0.0.5: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.5
19.0.0.6: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.6
19.0.0.7: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.7
19.0.0.8: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.8
19.0.0.9: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.9
19.0.0.10: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.10
19.0.0.11: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.11
19.0.0.12: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 19.0.0.12
20.0.0.1: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.1
20.0.0.2: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.2
20.0.0.3: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.3
20.0.0.4: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.4
20.0.0.5: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.5
20.0.0.6: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.6
20.0.0.7: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.7
20.0.0.8: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.8
20.0.0.9: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.9
20.0.0.10: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.10
20.0.0.11: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.11
20.0.0.12: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 20.0.0.12
21.0.0.3: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.3
21.0.0.4: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.4
21.0.0.5: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.5
21.0.0.6: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.6
21.0.0.7: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.7
21.0.0.8: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.8
21.0.0.9: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.9
21.0.0.1: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.1
21.0.0.2: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.2
21.0.0.10: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.10
21.0.0.11: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.11
21.0.0.12: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.12
22.0.0.1: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 22.0.0.1
22.0.0.2: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 22.0.0.2
22.0.0.3: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 22.0.0.3
22.0.0.4: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 22.0.0.4

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • During shutdown of CICS regions with embedded liberty
    servers
    running at a mix of 16.0.0.3 and 17.0.0.3 service levels,
    a crash in the liberty supplied TRUE BBOATRUE was reported.
    The crash is in function angelClientInvokeStub().
    The issue is due to 17.0.0.3 code referencing past the end
    of a control block that was allocated by 16.0.0.3 code.
    The control block is 8 bytes bigger in 17.0.0.3 than it was
    in
    16.0.0.3
    --
    From the CICS side the reported externals will show:
    Error Code: 0C4/AKEA
    Error Type:  PROGRAM CHECK
    Execution key at Program Check/Abend:  8
    Instruction Length: 6  Interrupt Code: 0038
    Branch Event Address:  172B2CE8  Module BBOACALL + X'1A0'
    CICS Error Instruction Address: 172B2D5E Module BBOACALL +
    X'216'
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of IBM WebSphere Application      *
    *                  Server Liberty for z/OS                     *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: WOLA client gets an 0c4 abend in        *
    *                      angelClientInvokeStub() when running at *
    *                      a mix of 16.0.0.3 and 16.0.0.4 or       *
    *                      higher.                                 *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
    ****************************************************************
    WOLA client gets an 0c4 abend when 16004 code tries to use a
    field that is past the end of the a control block that was
    allocated by 16003 code.
    The size of the WolaClientBindInformation_t control block
    increased in 16004 when a field called angelAnchor_p was added.
    The 0c4 abend occurrs when a 16003 WOLA client registers and
    creates the control block at the 16003 size, a server is
    started
    at 16004 or later and then the WOLA client unregisters. Durring
    the unregister the 16004 or later code gets control and abends
    when it  tries
    to use angelAnchor_p.  angelAnchor_p is unpredictable because it
    depends on what got allocated after the 16003 sized control
    block.
    

Problem conclusion

  • Updated the code to not reference angelAnchor_p when the
    WolaClientBindInformation_t control block is the smaller 16003
    size.
    
    The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in fix
    pack 18.0.0.1.  Please refer to the Recommended Updates page for
    delivery information:
    http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PI92868

  • Reported component name

    LIBERTY PROF -

  • Reported component ID

    5655W6514

  • Reported release

    850

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2018-01-24

  • Closed date

    2018-02-16

  • Last modified date

    2018-02-16

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    LIBERTY PROF -

  • Fixed component ID

    5655W6514

Applicable component levels

  • R850 PSY

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 May 2022